Migrant crisis: Dutch plan for return ferry to Turkey

Migrants and refugees arriving on the Greek islands would immediately be sent back by ferry to Turkey, under a Dutch plan aimed at solving the crisis.
Under the proposal, Labour party leader Diederik Samsom says that in return the EU could offer to take in up to 250,000 refugees a year currently in Turkey. The plan would need to be in place by spring, before the next surge in numbers is expected, he says.

The European Union said it was unaware of the proposal, adding that it did not "push back" asylum seekers.

On Wednesday, a draft European Commission report said Greece had "seriously neglected" its obligations to control the external frontier of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.  But Greek government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili accused the Commission of "blame games".

The Dutch proposal "to force a solution" to the migrant crisis came as the Swedish authorities said as many as 80,000 people who arrived there last year could fail in their requests for asylum and face deportation.

Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said charter aircraft would be used to deport the migrants but it would take several years. - Read More at the BBC

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